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Re: when to cancel MSLT due to SDB


Posted by Bob Ziegler R.PSG.T. on June 16, 2001 at 06:40:14:

In Reply to: when to cancel MSLT due to SDB posted by Chris Moore RPSGT. on June 15, 2001 at 11:07:17:

For our lab to do an MSLT on a Pt. the PSG has to be within normal limits: AH-I or RDI of 7 or less, little PLMS, no long periods of wake during night that would give a false positive on the MSLT.

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